World War II Database

Nobuyuki Abe was born in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, to a samurai of the Kanazawa Clan. His military training came by ways of his studies at the Military Academy and Army War College. After several staff posts, he became the vice war minister in 1928, then led Japanese troops on Formosa. In 1936, he retired from the Japanese Army and entered politics. On 30 Aug 1939, he was appointed Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, and remained in that role until he resigned in Jan 1940 with his fellow members of the cabinet due to political pressure. He joined the House of Peers of the Japanese Diet (parliament) in 1942, and was the president of the Imperial Rule Assistance Political Association. Between 1944 and 1945, he was the governor general of Korea.

Share this article with your friends:

Delicious   Digg   Facebook

Reddit   StumbleUpon   Twitter

Stay updated with WW2DB:

Subscribe to RSS Feeds

Advertise on ww2db.com

Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Anonymous says:
   5 Jan 2007 11:17:47 AM
   
   Short, quick and informitive, perfect resorce for a research paper!
   
   Thanks:)
2. Anonymous says:
   5 Mar 2007 12:42:41 AM
   
   relative of current PM?

Posting Your Comments on this Topic

Your Name
Your Email
	Your email will not be published
Your Comments
Security Code

Note: Please refrain from using strong language. HTML tags are not allowed. Your IP address will be tracked even if you remain anonymous. WW2DB site administrators reserve the right to moderate, censor, and/or remove any comment.